LibraryAware 3-5 Mystery

The Great Shelby Holmes
by Elizabeth Eulberg

Spunky sixth-grade girl sleuth Shelby and her sports-loving sidekick, Watson, tackle a dognapper in their Harlem neighborhood, in a modern adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes character.

Story thieves
by 1977- Riley, James

Except for reading his favorite magic adventure series, Owen's life is boring until he sees his classmate Bethany climb out of a book in the school library and he learns that Bethany is half-fictional and has been searching every book she can find for her missing father, who is also a fictional character.

Best nerds forever
by 1947- Patterson, James

Rendered a ghost by a bicycle accident, young Finn McAllister teams up with fellow spirit Isabella Rojas to commit invisible pranks on the living, before discovering that they cannot move on to the afterlife. 250,000 first printing.

No place for monsters
by Kory Merritt

When children start disappearing, nobody looks for the children because nobody can remember them, except Levi and Kat, and now they must figure out what terrible presence is taking the children and fight it to save the missing kids, before the whole towndisappears

The haunted mustache
by 1972- McGee, Joe

Fifth-graders Parker and Lucas get more than they bargained for when they seek to debunk one of Wolver Hollow’s greatest legends about a haunted mustache that, every year on the anniversary of its owner’s death, seeks a lip to claim as its own. Simultaneous and eBook. Illustrations.

The Amelia Six : an Amelia Earhart mystery
by Kristin L. Gray

Accepting the opportunity of a lifetime when she is invited to a sleepover at the preserved childhood home of Amelia Earhart, a pilot’s daughter meets five other girls before finding herself on a race to recover a pair of the famed aviatrix’s historical goggles. 20,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.

Bedhead Ted
by Scott SanGiacomo

Ted discovers that his wild red hair is actually a gift rather than a curse when he helps his best friend search for the Brookside Beast—a giant raccoon terrorizing the town. 10,000 first printing. Simultaneous and eBook.

Trespassers
by Breena Bard

Hoping to ride out another boring summer vacation at the lake by reading mystery novels, Gabby bonds with a snarky visitor from Chicago who helps her investigate the disappearance of a glamorous couple from an extravagant nearby lake house. Simultaneous and eBook. Illustrations.

Aven Green, sleuthing machine : Sleuthing Machine
by Dusti Bowling

Knowing that the cells from the arms she was born without created her detective-worthy brain, third grader Aven Green finds the limits of her perceptiveness challenged by two cases involving her teacher’s missing lunch and the disappearance of her great-grandmother’s dog. Illustrations.

Winterhouse
by Ben Guterson

A first entry in a planned trilogy set in a magical hotel filled with secrets finds orphan Elizabeth Somers shipped away by her malevolent guardians to a mysterious hotel, where she discovers a magic book of puzzles with ties to her host's sinister family and a fateful curse. Simultaneous eBook.

Simon and Chester : super detectives!
by Cale Atkinson

When Simon and Chester find costumes to style themselves after Holmes and Watson, they transform the attic into an office with shadowy lighting and soon get their first case

Agent Moose
by Mo O'Hara

Dedicating himself to solving all of Woodland HQ’s mysteries, not-so-savvy secret agent and master of disguise Anonymoose, assisted by brainy sidekick Owlfred, investigates a rival’s suspicious case-solving streak to retain his own status as the Best Secret Agent in the Big Forest. Illustrations.

The sewer rat stink
by Geronimo Stilton

In a Geronimo Stilton graphic-novel debut by the creator of the Star Wars Origami Yoda series, Geronimo and his private detective best friend, Hercule, visit the underground sewer world of Mouse Island to investigate the spread of a stinky smell throughout New Mouse City. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.

Just Harriet
by Elana K. Arnold

Arriving on Marble Island off the coast of California to stay with her nanu, Harriet, who doesn’t always tell the truth, discovers a place full of surprises and a mystery involving her dad that she is determined to solve. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.